Machine for finishing and shaping cigars.



No. 045,180. 1 Patented mar. I3, 1900. P. MuHLocK.

MACHINE FDR FINISHING AND SHAPING CIGABS.

Application Bled July 29, 1898.)

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No. s45,|8o. Patented Mar. la, |900.

y P. MuHLocK. MACHINE FOR FINISHING AND SHAPING CIGABS.

(Application tiled July 29, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES ATnNT OFFICE.

PAUL MIILBOCK, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

MACHINE FOR FINISHING AND SHAPING CIGARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,180, dated March13, 1900. Application iled July 29,1898. Serial No. 687,234. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, PAUL MHLBOQK, a subject of the King of Prussia,Emperor of Germany, residing at Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machinesfor Finishing and Shaping Cigars, (for which I have applied for a patentin Germany, dated June 22, 1893,) of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a machine for shaping, cutting, and finishingcigars by the' assistance of which cigars of different forms and lengthscan be made in the simplest manner possible.

On the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of themachine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 represents the cuttingdevice in section. I

On both ends of an axle fitted in bearings on the frame a. of themachine a lever Z1 is fastened. At the back of the frame ay a plate f isarranged, which is provided with a depression. In this depression acigar-bunch CZ, upon which a Wrapper is to be placed, is shown on anapron o, which is held fast at the back and at the front of the frame aby meansof rails and clamping-screws.

The placing of the wrapper upon the cigarbunch is effected principallyby means of the roller fm. and apron o. This roller m is fitted on aspindle the ends of which turn in the outer ends of the levers b. Theform of the roller on, which is exchangeable, over which the apron 0passes, depends upon the form of the cigar-bunch CZ, which sometimesnecessitates that the plate f be inclined, for which reason it is, asabove mentioned, adjustably arranged. To each of the levers b an arm his arranged, and a lever c is fitted which can slide in the slot of theframe CZ. The free ends of the lever c carry an axle n, upon which aroller having knives q is fitted. The latter can be adjusted accordingto the length of the cigar-bunch.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Upon the levers b moving outof the position Z, Fig. 1, into the positions ZZ and ZZZ the apron o,passing around the roller m, schematically lshown as a line in Fig. 1,raises the cigar-bunch out of the depression of the rollerplate f androlls it upon the leaf, which is then by the continuance of the motionWrapped around the bunch CZ. During the motion of the levers b into thepositions Z Z and Z Z Z the levers o, carrying the axle n, slide in theguide i, and at their highest position Z Z arrive close behind the endof the plate f. From the moment when the cigar-bunch CZ leaves the platef this axle n of the roller upon them serves as guide for the bunch d,inasmuch as the lever arrives between said roller and the roller m. Thelatter can be of any desired form, according to the shape and size ofthe cigars to be made.

Having described my invention, I claim- In a machine for finishingcigars, the combination of the pair of levers b, the shapingroller mcarried thereby, the plate f and the apron thereon which is adapted tobe rolled over the bunch by roller m, the levers c pivoted to levers band carrying at their free ends a shaft provided with knives, said shaftbeing guided in an inverted-U-shaped direction for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

PAUL MHLBocK.

Witnesses:

C. H. DAY, HENRY I'IAsPER.

